Kidney beans, cooked leads 6–3 · 9 categories decided
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Kidney beans, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Baby lima beans, cooked for more fiber, more calcium and more magnesium.
Pick Kidney beans, cooked for more protein, less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy126 kcal127 kcal
- Proteinmore is better8.04 g8.67 gWIN
- Carbohydrate23.31 g22.8 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN7.7 g7.4 g
- Total sugarsless is better—0.32 g
- Total fat0.38 g0.5 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.09 g0.07 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better239 mg2 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better401 mg403 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN29 mg28 mg
- Ironmore is better2.4 mg2.94 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN53 mg45 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg1.2 mgWIN
- Vitamin Dmore is better——
Winners are decided by deterministic per-metric rules on the stated basis; ties and missing data don’t score (missing ≠ zero). Educational information only — not medical advice.

